EduBee · Season Dashboard
Your month-by-month Princeton beekeeping plan.
See the current apiary tasks for Princeton's semi-arid climate and cold winters. Every action links to a full lesson and a printable field card.
Right now · Early August
The winter standard starts before the last harvest.
Winter bees may be raised while forage tapers.
First half · 1–15 August
- Retain abundant honey and check its placement near the cluster.
- Measure mite pressure and queen performance; respond to evidence promptly.
Second half · 16–end of August
- Compare stores and population in every nuc and full colony.
- Consider responsible consolidation of weak units after disease assessment.
Watch for
- Dangerous mite trends
- Short stores
- Queen failure
- Robbing
Read this month
- Autumn: Leave the Bees Heavy for Winter
Chapters 24 & 25 · 2 min
- Varroa Monitoring in a 4H Apiary
Chapter 22 · 3 min
Carry this month
- Winter stores & spring return — PDF ↓
- Mite monitoring & 4H decisions — PDF ↓
- Queenright & LISTEN checklist — PDF ↓
Printable one-page field cards. Laminate them; they live in the truck.
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